1.   A leaden font stood before her, the dark, letter-ornamented metal speaking of another time, a different era.

2.   A mass of people stood before the courthouse.

3.   Alan Simpson stood before a business group and offered a lofty definition of politics.

4.   And how do I face those persons before whom you stand in fear and awe?

5.   As I was standing before the sink,, I heard Edusha singing a recently popular song.

6.   Before them stood a little man about the same size as the Munchkins.

7.   But he raised his eyes and then his head when the last one stood before him.

8.   He stepped back a pace, smiling broadly as he saw the young woman who stood before him, looking slightly surprised.

9.   He stood before an arrangement with a central capstan or gearbox from which horizontal arms of various lengths protruded in all directions.

10.   He stood before them, his eyes lowered, fumbling with his hat.